Sculptor of the Steve Jobs statue, Budapest.
Days after Steve Jobs' death in October 2011, Graphisoft founder Gábor Bojár commissioned the world's first public statue of Jobs. Ernő Tóth was chosen from five Hungarian sculptors. The 2.2-metre bronze was unveiled at Graphisoft Park on 21 December 2011 — depicting Jobs mid-keynote, an iPhone in one hand.
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The collection.
85 paintings · 103 sculptures · direct from the studio. Each work hand-signed by Ernő Tóth.
Forty-five years of line, colour & story.
Ernő Tóth was born 25 December 1949 in Sajóecseg, Hungary. He studied at the Secondary School of Fine Arts (1964–68) and the Academy of Fine Arts (1974–79), where his masters were Szilárd Iván, Jenő Barcsay and László Patay.
His works have been shown across Hungary, Sweden, Finland, France, Austria and Germany, with study trips through France, the Netherlands, USA, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria. He was awarded the international first prize for painting at the Humor & Satire Art Biennial in Gabrovó (Bulgaria), 1982, and first place at the Sochi Olympic Art Contest, 2014.
In 2011 he was commissioned by Graphisoft founder Gábor Bojár to sculpt the world's first public statue of Steve Jobs, unveiled at Graphisoft Park, Budapest.
His studio sits in a peaceful manor in Érd, near Budapest — with a garden pond, two Transylvanian hounds (Kökény and Áfonya), and a cat named Bagira. The Bartók radio plays, the ceramic stove gives gentle warmth. Member of MAOE (National Association of Hungarian Artists), MKISZ, Hungarian Painters' Society, DunapART, and the Hungarian Art Workshop Society.
The workshop.
Recent paintings on the easel, bronzes from the foundry, the palette table itself — moments from the Érd studio.
Life should only be taken seriously as long as there is humour and lyricism in it.Ernő Tóth — Érd, 12 January 2011 · via Mutermek studio profile
Collections & exhibitions.
Four decades of solo and group shows from Budapest to Rotterdam, plus works held in major Hungarian museums and 13 countries' private collections.
Public collections
- Hungarian National Gallery — Budapest
- Mihály Munkácsy Museum — Békéscsaba
- János Tornyai Museum — Hódmezővásárhely
- Ottó Herman Museum — Miskolc
- Janus Pannonius Museum — Pécs
- Déri Museum — Debrecen
- Graphisoft Park — Budapest (Steve Jobs statue)
Private collections in
- USA · France · Holland · Japan
- Canada · UK · Germany · Russia
- Italy · Switzerland · Sweden · Taiwan
- Hungary (multiple)
Selected exhibitions
- 2014Sochi Olympic Art Contest1st place
- 2011Steve Jobs statue · Graphisoft ParkBudapest
- 2013Lübeck — Paintings and SculpturesGermany
- 2011RAM ExhibitionBudapest
- 1994Kortárs GalleryBudapest
- 1993BMV SaloonHagen
- 1993Zichy GalleryLeiden
- 1992Ambiente GalleryDarmstadt
- 1991Csontváry HallBudapest
- 1989Csók GalleryBudapest
- 1987Csontváry HallBudapest
- 1986GabrovóBulgaria
- 1983Tornyai MuseumHódmezővásárhely
- 1982RotterdamNetherlands
- 1982Munkácsy MuseumBékéscsaba — Gabrovó prize year
- 1980Uitz HallDunaújváros